[Aztlan] OLDEST GOLD JEWELRY EVER FOUND IN THE AMERICAS FOUND INPERU

[Henry Avila]

I wonder how is possible to determine the age of metals and minerals because
their composition is always older than the age when they had been used by
the people.



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Enviado el: Lunes, 31 de Marzo de 2008 06:16 p.m.
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Asunto: [Aztlan] OLDEST GOLD JEWELRY EVER FOUND IN THE AMERICAS FOUND INPERU


Listeros,



A necklace of gold and turquoise beads has been found at an ancient  
hunter-gatherer site in the Andes and are the oldest crafted gold  
jewelry ever found in the Americas. The burial site near Lake  
Titicaca dates between 2155-1936 BCE. A more secure economic base and  
complex culture was always the basis for jewelry making of this kind  
so this discovery of gold and turquoise jewelry changes the dynamic  
in this situation.

Live Science has the story with two photos here;

http://www.livescience.com/history/080331-old-gold.html

Mike Ruggeri




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